35. Dr Alan Stout

Dr Stout has had a big year since taking over as the BMA’s Northern Ireland GP Committee chair last year, which coincided with the UK LMC conference taking place in Belfast. In a speech to delegates, Dr Stout highlighted the ‘truly frightening’ GP workforce problems in Northern Ireland. He says it was ‘a pleasure to have so many people come and enjoy Belfast and the hospitality’ albeit a little strange to be less than a mile from his practice.

The upcoming year, Dr Stout will focus on sustaining GMS services whilst also expanding the GP workforce in the country, which Dr Stout says is ‘going to be crucial to the future model of delivering health care.’